What are your thoughts on those who don’t return their shopping cart?

[Savage]

7 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I think its the ultimate sign of laziness.  
You don’t want to return a cart where its supposed to go because it requires 10-50 more feet of walking?

 

The worst are the ones who leave it in the parking spot next to them.  So the next person who comes to turn in has to get out of their vehicle, move the cart just to park.

Lazy, thoughtless, selfish bastards.

[Augie]

14 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

All you “Holier than Thou” cart returners haven’t reached my level yet. 
 

On my way INTO the store, I’ll stop and grab a cart out of the corral and take it into the store. Then, when I go back outside, I’ll put it in the stack near the sidewalk to the store. 
 

Boom!! How’s that?

 

For the last time, that still doesn’t allow you to shoplift! 

[Wacka]

I've had back problems and rrecety recovered from a kidney transplant.  i would leave the cart by my car because it was difficult to even get it to the corral  especially in snow. Since the trasplant my back has gotten better but I use the motorized cart when I have to go all over the supermarket.  Don't have a handicapped tag so if I park close to the entrance I'll take the motorized cart back inside. Otherwise, I leave it in the corral.

Edited October 1 by Wacka

[SoTier]

On 9/30/2024 at 2:35 PM, f0neguy said:

I like Aldi’s with the .25$ return system.  Carts are returned by the folks that used them or someone else gladly grabs them.

 

That's why I don't shop at Aldi's.  I find it insulting to have to pay a deposit on the use of a shopping cart, not only because I always return my cart to a corral, but because here in Jtown, almost everybody else returns their carts, too.

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

15 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

That's why I don't shop at Aldi's.  I find it insulting to have to pay a deposit on the use of a shopping cart, not only because I always return my cart to a corral, but because here in Jtown, almost everybody else returns their carts, too.

that's why they do it. not everyone will return the cart, almost everybody isn't everybody. I spoke with a mgr one day and asked how they can have such low prices. carts was on the list. they only keep so many employees on the floor who are generally stocking shelves and one cashier for those few that don't like checking out themselves. you pay two bits in the slot to unlock the cart for use then when done, take it back and get your two bits back. kind of renting it out and get your money back when you return the cart. it assures them carts are returned. you lose no money and they don't have to pay anyone to go collect carts which in turn saves them money that ultimately saves the consumer. insulted over two bits? for the low cost of goods I don't mind renting a cart. I use my own bags as well, another cost saver that comes back to the consumer.

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 minute ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

that's why they do it. not everyone will return the cart, almost everybody isn't everybody. I spoke with a mgr one day and asked how they can have such low prices. carts was on the list. they only keep so many employees on the floor who are generally stocking shelves and one cashier for those few that don't like checking out themselves. you pay two bits in the slot to unlock the cart for use then when done, take it back and get your two bits back. kind of renting it out and get your money back when you return the cart. it assures them carts are returned. you lose no money and they don't have to pay anyone to go collect carts which in turn saves them money that ultimately saves the consumer. insulted over two bits? for the low cost of goods I don't mind renting a cart. I use my own bags as well, another cost saver that comes back to the consumer.

 

 

agree. Love Aldi for these reasons. 
 

I believe they also time their employees in the check out lines, so they have to move super fast. 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

Just now, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

agree. Love Aldi for these reasons. 
 

I believe they also time their employees in the check out lines, so they have to move super fast. 

absolutely. no dragging ass in that store.

[Just Jack]

8 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

that's why they do it. not everyone will return the cart, almost everybody isn't everybody. I spoke with a mgr one day and asked how they can have such low prices. carts was on the list. they only keep so many employees on the floor who are generally stocking shelves and one cashier for those few that don't like checking out themselves. you pay two bits in the slot to unlock the cart for use then when done, take it back and get your two bits back. kind of renting it out and get your money back when you return the cart. it assures them carts are returned. you lose no money and they don't have to pay anyone to go collect carts which in turn saves them money that ultimately saves the consumer. insulted over two bits? for the low cost of goods I don't mind renting a cart. I use my own bags as well, another cost saver that comes back to the consumer.

 

There was one day I went to one of my local Aldi's and found not one, but two carts abandoned in the parking lot.  Guess who ended up 50 cents richer that day! 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

9 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

There was one day I went to one of my local Aldi's and found not one, but two carts abandoned in the parking lot.  Guess who ended up 50 cents richer that day! 

you had to return the carts to get your money though, no? in order to get the money back you have to lock the cart  to the other cart to remove the money. I have on occasion offered my cart to someone going in to the store. it was worth two bits to save me from (I'm old and in rough shape) bringing it back to the corral while doing a good deed. 

[Just Jack]

5 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

you had to return the carts to get your money though, no? in order to get the money back you have to lock the cart  to the other cart to remove the money. I have on occasion offered my cart to someone going in to the store. it was worth two bits to save me from (I'm old and in rough shape) bringing it back to the corral while doing a good deed. 

 

Yes, I took the two carts that people had left abandoned in the parking lot, back to the corral by the entrance and locked them back in with the others.  It was not "here take my cart" like the scenario you mentioned.  

 

EDIT: First one was on my way into the store, someone had left it so I used it and returned it.  Second was just when I was about to leave in my car, watching a young couple, maybe early 20's unloading into their car.  Guy gets in and starts the car, girl takes the cart and just props it up on the curb, they were near the back of the parking lot, gets in the car and they leave.  So, I grabbed it and returned it to the store corral.  

Edited October 3 by Just Jack

[Ned Flanders]

12 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

There was one day I went to one of my local Aldi's and found not one, but two carts abandoned in the parking lot.  Guess who ended up 50 cents richer that day! 

Hope you later bought a lottery ticket...

[Royale with Cheese]

13 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

There was one day I went to one of my local Aldi's and found not one, but two carts abandoned in the parking lot.  Guess who ended up 50 cents richer that day! 

 

You can take that to Thailand and get yourself a nice lady friend for a night.

[Just Jack]

22 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

You can take that to Thailand and get yourself a nice lady friend for a night.

 

Sure.  I've heard stories about those "lady" friends.  

[jayg]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

You can take that to Thailand and get yourself a nice lady friend for a night.

 

46 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

Sure.  I've heard stories about those "lady" friends.  

My cousin has some crazy stories being in the Navy in the early 1980s in the Philippines.  

[RkFast]

After a long bicycle ride with my mates blocking traffic and laughing at all the angry motorists, I like to go food shopping and then not return the shopping cart to the corral. 

 

A "double-whammy of intolerability", if you will. 

Edited October 3 by RkFast

[GaryPinC]

23 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

absolutely. no dragging ass in that store.

I was actually p*ssed when they ditched all but 2 register lines for self-checkouts.  I'm the kind of guy that hates grocery shopping lines and prioritizes self checkout first, but not at Aldi.  No way I can scan faster than the employees do.  One of the genius things about Aldi.  Almost everything (including produce) packaged for fast scanning and checkout.  What a novel concept, trying to save customers time!😂

Edited October 3 by GaryPinC

[Royale with Cheese]

8 minutes ago, RkFast said:

After a long bicycle ride with my mates blocking traffic and laughing at all the angry motorists, I like to go food shopping and then not return the shopping cart to the corral. 

 

A "double-whammy of intolerability", if you will. 

 

I live in a very rich area...might the richest in Atlanta.  Chipper Jones, the Bitcoin guy and Chrisley Knows Best all lived across the street from me.  Chipper sold his house 2 years ago and Chrisley Knows Best is in jail.  I'm not rich, I live on a side street across this neighborhood.

I don't know why but rich white people love to bike ride.  Almost every Saturday, there will be literally 30-40 bicyclist take up the roads around me.  All with their tights, $5,000 bike, $200 helmet, $300 Oakleys/Ray Ban's and Fiji Water bottles....

[4BillsintheBurgh]

On 9/30/2024 at 7:57 PM, BringBackFergy said:

All you “Holier than Thou” cart returners haven’t reached my level yet. 
 

On my way INTO the store, I’ll stop and grab a cart out of the corral and take it into the store. Then, when I go back outside, I’ll put it in the stack near the sidewalk to the store. 
 

Boom!! How’s that?

I'm with you. I tend to grab one on the way in to the store whether I need one or not. Could be one from the return or left wherever (like the handi area) or grabbing one from someone who just happens to be done unloading it. I'll just leave it at the front if I don't need it. Seems like an easy thing to do, and I don't need a quarter to do it. 

[Pete]

Those just don’t replace the last roll of toilet paper 

[Toomstone.Part.Duex]

On 9/30/2024 at 5:02 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:

My first job at 16 was working for a grocery store and they didn't have "corrals' back then.  You could spend a lot of time out in that parking lot fetching carts and like @Just Jack  said we didn't have any motorized crap to push them in.  Also like Jack said it was bonus not to be inside dealing with  people.

 

Same here.  Worked at a grocery store in high school (early 90s) and had to "shag" carts (as we called it) without the pusher thing.  we'd have contests who can push the most with a steerer at the front.  Oh and ours were steel carts not these easy plastic carts!!      Still my favorite job of all time.